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C. D. P. GIBSON.

PORTABLE HBATING APPARATUS. No. 320.648. Patented June 23, 1885.

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PORTABLE HEATING APPABATUS. No.-320,648. PatentedJune 23, 1885.

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICEO CHARLES D. P. GIBSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO & \V. S. CARE COMPANY, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

PORTABLE HEATING APPARATUS.

JPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,64 8. dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed May 27. 1884.

To aZZ whom, 't may concern:

Be it known that I CHARLES D. P. GIB- soN, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Portable Heating Apparatus, of which the following is a speoification.

This invention relates to a portable steamheating apparatus that may be placed in a room or compartment and actuated bya gasflame or aflane from kerosene or other hydrocarbon, the object being to obtain alarge area of radiatingsurface, so as to impart to the atmosphere the warmth and healthful condition resulting from the use of steam, and to apply the apparatus under circumstances where an ordinary steam-generator is not available.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus, partially in section; and Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same below the line x x.

The vertical tubes a a are of the usual character employed in steam-radiators. They are closed at the npper ends, and may receive an ornamental cap, b, and at the lower cnds they open into the hollow base D. At one end of this baseD is the circulating-pipe e, with an X branch that connects with the bends or T of the leg-tubes f, and at the other end of the base D is the elbow and vertical pipe g, with X-connections to the T-pieces of the vertical leg-tubes h. The leg-tubes f and h are con nected by the pipes Ic. These leg-tubes are preferably filled with water, as well as the other portions of the apparatus below the base D, which portions consist of the enlarged tube or cylinder Z, connected at its upper end with the lower end of the pipe g, and at its lower end with a branch pipe, m, that extends to a coil, n, and there is a branch pipe at the upper end of the coil leading to the circulating-pipe e.

There should be an air-cock at i, and a filling-plug at 19, and a try-cock at o.

lt will now be understood thatwhen the apparatus is filled with water so that it rises in the base D above the pipes e-g, as indicated in the drawings, said water will be made to ciroulatethrough the apparatus by the action of heat applied to the coil n, and that as said water circulates and becomes heated the steam will be generated and pass up into the radiating-tubes and eXpel the air by the cocks z' or o, after which such cocks are to be closed,

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and the apparatus will warn the room or compartment by the :radiation from its surface and by the warming of the atmospher'e that circulates around it.

It is preferable to apply a wate pipe, q,

with a descending trap, and a gage at r, to indicate the pressure that may be generated in the apparatus.

Around the coil n a case, s, is placed. The same is open at the bottom, and there is a small hole at the top, so that the gases and products of combustion can pass away, and a pipe may be connected at this hole for conveying away such products of comb'ustion to a chimney or other escape flue or opening.

The coil may be heated bya flane from any ordinary or desired source, and I make use of a diaphragn within the case t to regulate the Volume of the fiame, and also the proximity of such flame to the coil.

The burner n is of any suitable character. I have shown branch pipes that are perforated for the gas-fiame jets, and the lower end of the burnertube a is connected by a flexible or join ted tube with the gas-supply pipe c. This pipe is supported by the coupling and stand v upon the pipe k, and upon a portion of the gas-pipe there is a fulcrum, 3, for the forked levcr w, the fork of which is pivoted to a ring or cup around the burner-tube, and the other end of said lever w is connected to the diaphragm in the case t, so that when the pressure of steam increases and the diaphragn is forced down the burner is raised so as to come closer up to the coil. I make use of the increased pressure to partially shut off the supply of gas or burning-fluid, and in so doing the height of the fiame is lessened; hence the'object of lifting the burner is to bring the flames which are smaller up into proper proximity to the heating-coil.

The cock y is for regulating the supply of gas, and I make use of a lever-arm, 4, to such cock, and place the same in a position for the diaphragm to act upon it, and thereby lessen the flow of gas or burning-fluid as the pressure increases or the reverse.

There are burners in the market that are supplied by a pipe with liquid hyd-ocarbon, and in which the supply is regulated by a cock; hence it is to be understood that the burner, the ppe, and the Cook represented m'e to be of any known or desired character for burning ordinary lluminating-gas 01' 11011- luminous heating-gas or lqud hydroearbon.

I claim as my inventon 1. The combnatiomwth the radiator-ppes and base and the ppes e g, of the eirculatingcylinder Z and pipe m, and the coil n, connecting the ppes e g, and a burner for heating the coil, a case and diaphragm acted upon by the pressure in the apparatus, a cock for regulating the supply of combustible material, and eonnections from said diaphragm to said cock and to the burner, whereby the supply of gas or fluid is regulated and the burner raised or lowered by the pressure upon said diaphragn, substantially as Specified.

CHAS. D. P. GIBSON.

TitnesSeS:

JOHN MELLOR, W. H. GARRISON. 

